SLUHCVAP 2013/0006
Michel, JA
Delivered: 29/01/2015
Civil appeal – Default judgment – Fixed date claim – Res judicata – Sale of property – Improbation of deed of sale and declaration of succession – Application for default judgment made on fixed date claim – Entry of default judgment on fixed date claims prohibited by CPR 12.2(b) – Nature of resulting order – Whether order liable to be set aside in whole or in part by judge of co-ordinate jurisdiction – Whether learned trial judge erred in holding that order made on default judgment application was final order – Whether order created estoppel against further litigation of issues surrounding validity of deed of sale to appellant of subject property – Whether doctrine of res judicata can bind non-party – Article 1171 of Civil Code of Saint Lucia